I don’t live, breathe and eat politics like someone I could name whose desk is within spitball range of mine, but I do enjoy the national conventions and I especially like the oratory. The speakers who are able to get a crowd on its feet and audibly responding — like those mesmerized by a tent evangelist — are among my favorites. In 1984, when then-New York Gov. Mario Cuomo delivered the keynote at the Democratic ...

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